Fendt 728 gen 7
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ollie989898
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I was trying to remember the tractors I've seen or had attached to ploughs and what size and configuration they were.
I've very definitely seen an MX170 handle a 6f plough. Not a modern hydraulic autoreset and variable width one, but still 6 furrow. I've also seen both JD 7710 and 7810s pull 6 and 8 furrows, the latter being semi-mounted of course.
Thinking about it, I have seen a TM165 pull and lift 6 furrows as well.
Bossfarmer
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- between Perth and Inverness
this is exactly how i look at it, simple maths and the knowledge a fendt will break down just like anything elseextra £85k tied up in a tractor vs either earning 5% or saving 5% interest over 5 years...
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Personally I don't give a flying fig what anyone chooses to pay/drive etc. but on one hand we have posts here saying how tight everything is an we can't make money, then posts saying it's worth paying out £85k more for a tractor rather than drive a New Holland
realistically you could get nearer 10% on that money if invested which was the case even when interest rates were low, look at clarksons tractor for ideas on how not to spend 180k for a decent hp tractor
spikeislander
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- bedfordshire
It all depends on the deal on the day to the person paying the bill , most of these figures are “hearsay” from a mates dogs mate .
I can guarantee that when I bought mine ( one of the first ordered a year ago so keen) , it was under £30k difference to a jd250r .
With proper vario grip , and a few extras that I thought put it ahead of the John Deere .I like John Deeres but felt at this size it was very bulky and clumsy , the lock on the fendt with the new split drive is very impressive.
When I considered the rail resale values I don’t think I was fair out with the right decision.
A certain amount of that would I admit be me buying the tractor I wanted the most, but it’s all paid for and still fall glad i did.
10 years will tell us all if it was the correct decision or not, anything else is guess work.
I can guarantee that when I bought mine ( one of the first ordered a year ago so keen) , it was under £30k difference to a jd250r .
With proper vario grip , and a few extras that I thought put it ahead of the John Deere .I like John Deeres but felt at this size it was very bulky and clumsy , the lock on the fendt with the new split drive is very impressive.
When I considered the rail resale values I don’t think I was fair out with the right decision.
A certain amount of that would I admit be me buying the tractor I wanted the most, but it’s all paid for and still fall glad i did.
10 years will tell us all if it was the correct decision or not, anything else is guess work.
- Location
- East Yorkshire
Very recent quote. Case £x. JD x+£20k. Fendt x + £50k. For 200hp tractor. Spec is actually very similar nowadays. Big let down of Case/NH etc is used value. Done this exercise a few times over the years with similar results. You pays your money and you takes your choice. Once you've shelled out the first time to upgade, then cost to change is likely to be similar? Just extra cash tied up.
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
Exactly. Which one would you take?A small price to pay for not being seen in a New Holland.
Enry
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- Location
- Shropshire
I agree, but the cash tied up bit is now significantly bigger issue than it was. Will the fendt be worth £40/50/60k more at 5yrs. £50k with compound interest means it needs to be worth £60k more to cover the cost - then it comes done to running cost.
Enry
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- Shropshire
As a driver probably the Fendt, but as a businessman....who knows!!
None of the above
£4/hr? Plus dealer servicing?
Has it been a bad one?It would be fine on proper ploughing tyres like 20.8r46, not bloody gret 710's slipping about all over the place.
In time gone by you'd see a TW25 on no less than 6furrs and they were only 156hp!
154hp
lloyd
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- Location
- Herefordshire
The one with good plough metal.
lloyd
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- Location
- Herefordshire
A lot of 5 furrow vari width ploughs are
covering nearly as much ground as the old fixed
6 furrow ploughs.Plenty advertised sh fixed on 12".
covering nearly as much ground as the old fixed
6 furrow ploughs.Plenty advertised sh fixed on 12".
Jesus H Christ
our Neighbour had 6 furrows on Fendt 1050 not that long ago
Ploughing tater land in 2009. 6x14" furrows 11" deep on a 140hp MF7480 on 600/65r38's
These Fendts must be made out of chocolate or something, have they no draft control or something?
Not exactly half the farm hanging off the front either! 800kg
Ah there’s another thread running saying draft control just lifts the plow out the ground.
must not have it set up right I reckon
Those that have no idea how to set a plough or use draft say that sort of thing.
That 7480 is on wider tyres than we'd normally plough on, the usual horse for it back then was a 6490 on 20.8r42's but she was in dock so the 7480 got the job.
A few years ago we had two 7620's, identical tractors bar wheels. The one on 20.8's could pull anything. The one on 650's had the same power but just scated around on top
There is a common misconception that more rubber = more grip. Not so.
We’re onland on 710s but big tractor with plenty ballast thanks to a mega size butty box on front 7 legs on back of it